TURIN, Italy — An exhibition of works by the French-Algerian artist Adel Abdessemed has been prevented from opening here while a prosecutor ponders whether it is illegal to display video clips showing animals being bludgeoned to death and fighting for sport in an arena.
The blaze was caused by an illegal fireworks display.
"You do know it's illegal to display the swastika in Germany, don't you?" said the person sitting next to me.
BEIJING (AP) — Seventy-one people have been found responsible for a deadly fire last year that was caused by an illegal fireworks display at the new headquarters of China's powerful state broadcaster, state media reported Wednesday.
They permit target shooting under "safe" conditions and in "safe" places, and they make it illegal to display a firearm in a rude or threatening manner, unless it is in self-defense.
Behind her was a sign taped to the gym wall that said: "Notice to voters: It is illegal to display or distribute campaign materials near or in the polling place".
BEIJING — China's national television network on Tuesday blamed an illegal fireworks display by its employees for igniting a blaze that destroyed a futuristic luxury hotel and theater here.
The fire, on the last evening of China's Lunar New Year celebrations, erupted as officials of China Central Television staged a spectacular and illegal fireworks display on the grounds of their new complex.
The toll of 32 dead and nearly 200 injured would have been deadlier had Claudiu Petre, a physicist by training, and drummer Adrian Rugina not been at the Colectiv disco when an illegal pyrotechnics display went horribly awry.
PAGE A10 NETWORK APOLOGIZES FOR BEIJING FIRE In a rare gesture of contrition by China's national television network, China Central Television blamed an illegal fireworks display by its employees for igniting a blaze that destroyed a futuristic luxury hotel and theater.
